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sa.

sa. is the abbreviation of sable.

Meaning of sable

Noun

sable (countable and uncountable, plural sables)

  1. (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
  2. (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
  3. A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
    • "Ye must avenge my sister's son's death;
      I will sables and martins bestow."1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 171
  4. (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
  5. (uncountable) A black colour on a coat of arms.
  6. A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

See all 14 meanings of sable

Noun capitalized: Sa.

Sa. (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of sa. (“sable”).

Questions about sa.

What is sa. the abbreviation of?
Sa. is the abbreviation of sable.
What part of speech is sa.?
Sa. is a noun.

Words near sa. in the dictionary

  1. SA'd
  2. SA'ed
  3. SA'ing
  4. SA's
  5. SA-ing
  6. sa.
  7. SA100
  8. SA100s
  9. SA102
  10. SA102s
  11. SA105

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sa. (page history and authors); Sa. (page history and authors); sable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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